Position Summary:

Plant locations is a leadership role responsible for overseeing the design implementation and maintenance of IT infrastructure systems and services. This position involves managing a team of IT professionals ensuring the availability and reliability of IT infrastructure and contributing to the overall IT strategy of the organization.

Key Responsibilities:

IT Infrastructure Strategy: Develop and execute a comprehensive IT infrastructure strategy aligned with the organizations business goals and technological advancements.
Team Management: Coordinate with team of IT professionals including infrastructure engineers network administrators and support staff fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.
System Design and Implementation: Design implement and maintain IT infrastructure systems including servers networks cloud services ensuring optimal performance scalability and security.
Vendor Management: Collaborate with vendors and third-party providers to procure and maintain IT hardware software and services. Negotiate contracts and service-level agreements (SLAs).
Incident Management: Oversee the resolution of IT infrastructure incidents and outages ensuring timely response root cause analysis and implementation of preventive measures.
Capacity Planning: Monitor and manage IT infrastructure capacity proactively identifying potential bottlenecks and planning for future growth and resource requirements.
Security and Compliance: Implement and enforce IT security measures policies and best practices to safeguard IT infrastructure and data. Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations.
Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity: Develop and maintain disaster recovery and business continuity plans for IT infrastructure systems conducting regular testing and updates.
Budget Management: Develop and manage the IT infrastructure budget tracking expenses optimizing costs and making recommendations for investments in technology upgrades.
Stakeholder Communication: Collaborate with senior management department heads and end-users to understand their IT infrastructure needs and provide regular updates on project status performance and improvements.
Technical Leadership: Stay updated on industry trends emerging technologies and best practices in IT infrastructure management. Provide guidance and mentorship to the IT infrastructure team.
Development Task: Employee should have hands on development skill for custom business application. Will have to work some of the application project as and when required.

Qualifications and Skills:

Bachelors degree in Information Technology Computer Science or a related field.
Minimum of 8 to 10 years of experience in a combination of IT & Digital infra and Application deployment.
Proven experience in IT infrastructure management including hands-on experience with server systems networks storage solutions and cloud platforms.
Excellent knowledge about all aspects of information technology specifically with complex infrastructure environments.
Previous hands on infrastructure experience.
Excellent analytical and observation skills.
Excellent time management skills and understanding the value of a baseline
Innovative thinking and leadership with an ability to lead and motivate cross-functional interdisciplinary teams
Experience with contract and vendor negotiations and management
Specific experience in Agile (scaled) software development or other best in class development practices.
Effective communication skills both written and verbal to convey technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
Relevant certifications such as CCNA CCNP MCSA MCSE or ITIL are a plus.
Willingness to travel between plant locations as required.

Required Experience:

Senior IC

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